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THB14th C. African Koma Terracotta Janiform Head
Lot 115a
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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2019-11-14 10:00:00
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Featuring Pre-Columbian, Tribal / Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, historical examples from the Spanish, Mexican, and American frontiers, fossils, and more. All items offered for sale have been legally acquired, are legal to sell and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Ancient West Africa, northern Ghana, Komaland, Koma culture, ca. 14th to 16th century CE. An intriguing, hand-built head of a janiform presentation with a thick neck base, a pair of abstract anthropomorphic faces, striated grooves delineating both faces, and smooth foreheads that taper into a mutual conical top. Each expressive countenance presents with a pair of impressed eyes, a slightly bulging nose with perforated nostrils, and a gaping mouth, with one bearing petite ears, and the other only recessed ear drums. An appealing example of ancient Komaland artistry! Size: 4.5" W x 7.5" H (11.4 cm x 19 cm); 10.8" H (27.4 cm) on included custom stand.
Koma figures were first discovered in the 1980s during archaeological fieldwork directed by Professor Ben Kankpeyeng (University of Ghana). Created by a previously little-understood people in what is known as Koma Land, the figures are often fragmentary. Although there is a paucity of literature on how such figurines were used, scholars have suggested they were used in special ceremonies and rituals in which the spirits of the ancestors were invoked.
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection, acquired in 1989; ex-Galerie Pierre Robin, Paris, France
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#150359This is a fragment of a larger terracotta sculpture. Losses to jaw of one face as well as areas of neckline as shown. Abrasions and nicks to neckline, both faces, and top, with softening to some finer details, and light encrustations. Nice earthen deposits throughout.Condition
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